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Morocco, near the Algerian frontier, 22 M. to the north of Cape del Agna. The largest of these isles, Del Congreso, is rocky and hilly. It has a See also:

WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch-See also:

house on the coast nearest to Morocco. See also:

Isabella II., the central See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, contains several batteries, See also:

barracks and a penal convict See also:

settlement. The See also:

SPANISH

Spanish See also:

government has undertaken the construction of breakwaters to unite this island with the neighbouring islet of El Rey, with a view to enclose a deep and already sheltered anchorage. This roadstead affords a safe See also:

REFUGE

refuge for many large vessels. The Chaffarinas, which are the Tres Insulae of the See also:

Romans and the Zafran of the See also:

ARABS

Arabs, were occupied by Spain in 1848. The Spanish occupation anticipated by a few days a See also:

French expedition sent from See also:

ORAN (Arabic Wahran, i.e. ravine)

Oran to annex the islands to See also:

Algeria. The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of the islands is under r000.

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